CynoNotho at aol_com wrote:
..............By using only those eggs that hatch out at first
wetting, hobbyists could develop the gene(s) annuals have to
hatch in a shorter time frame and eliminate the longer
cycle gene(s) from the domestic pool.
Eventually, by only wetting peat the first time; essentially, all
the annual eggs in a spawn would be utilized and a very
short hatching cycle be genetically fixed.
This begs the question that I often ask of those who advocate rapid
development of Notho eggs by water incubation and/or very high storage
temperatures - why is it desirable to shorten the incubation time of
Nothos
?
Personally, I find long incubation times a distinct advantage in that it
gives me much greater flexibility with regard to maintaining a lot of
species. With longer incubation times the "window of opportunity" for
hatching is greater and I am not frantically trying to hatch out
everything
I maintain at the same time.
Furthermore, having long and variable incubation times, and being able to
rewet the peat and perhaps get a later hatch, provides the opportunity to
try again should one have a disaster with the first hatching.
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